~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* INTUITION NEWSLETTER #120 October 2008 A newsletter devoted to the intuitive spirit in us all. Written and published by Lynn A. Robinson, author of Divine Intuition. My latest book Trust Your Gut! is in bookstores now! (Along with my first best seller, Divine Intuition.) Visit my Web site at LynnRobinson.com ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*

Table of Contents Welcome Wisdom Quotes INTUITIVE CONSULTING SESSION by phone or in-person Or give a gift to a friend! “Dear God: Send Money” – Sign up for my course! Upcoming Events The Worry Cure Some of my favorite things … Uplifting affirmations to download to your MP3 player, five minute inspirations, and a spiritual message about politics. Divine Intuition and Trust Your Gut These are the most popular of the five books I’ve written on the topic of intuition. You can find them in your local bookstore or you can ask a clerk to order them for you. You can also click on the following links and purchase them from Amazon.com. Get them for yourself AND for your friends. Trust Your Gut: How the Power of Intuition Can Grow Your Business Intuition in business is hot! Discover how to use this valuable insight for business success. Divine Intuition: Your Guide to Creating a Life You Love. It was named one of the "Best of 2001" on Amazon.com. See why! Contact My Email Lynn@LynnRobinson.com My Website: LynnRobinson.com Intuition Newsletter Archives Copyright (c) 2008, all rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute this newsletter as long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author is attached. The author of this newsletter is Lynn A. Robinson, M.Ed. Lynn is one of the nation's leading experts on the topic of intuition. Her most recent books include Trust Your Gut: How the Power of Intuition Can Grow Your Business, and Divine Intuition: Your Guide to Creating a Life You Love. Lynn’s free monthly "Intuition Newsletter" is available at her website, Intuition Newsletter

~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* 1. Welcome ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dear Friends – The topic of this newsletter is "Five Ways to Cure Worry." You’ll find the essay in #6 below. We're all being besieged with headlines threatening various international doomsday scenarios. It's difficult not imagining your own personal Armageddon. I hope you find the essay helpful and that it brings you some calm and peace. My husband and I decided we needed a brief break from all the bad economic news. We just got back from a short two-day retreat by the ocean in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. That's a great "worry free zone" for me. We stayed at a cottage right by the sea. It gave us some much-needed time to decompress, rest, meditate, talk and read. I was struck by the thought that it's easier to gain perspective and insight when I'm out of my ordinary surroundings. The world felt full of possibilities rather limited by circumstances. It was an inexpensive, restorative weekend. In fact, we brought and cooked our own food. We sat on the deck watching the sunset while eating dinner. Our one indulgence was seeing the movie, "Nights in Rodanthe" with Richard Gere and Diane Lane. I loved it! It’s a wonderful movie about love, compassion and forgiveness. Just be sure you bring a lot of Kleenex. Many of you have written and asked about my photos from the Japan visit. You can still find them on my website: Japan photos Keep dreaming big dreams… In gratitude, Lynn 00-1-617-964-0075 (International calls) 800-925-4002 (U.S. and Canada calls) Lynn@LynnRobinson.com ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* 2. Wisdom Quotes ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. — Bernice Johnson Reagon I am thankful that thus far today I have not had any unkind thoughts or said any harsh words or done anything that I regret. However, now I need to get out of bed and things may become more difficult. — Sylvia Boorstein What karma really means, is that we continually receive the lessons we need in order to open our hearts. — Pema Chodron Only your mind can produce fear. — Course In Miracles If things go wrong, don't go with them. — Roger Babson There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. — Albert Einstein ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* 3. INTUITIVE CONSULTING SESSION by phone or in-person Or give a gift to a friend! ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* I'm currently booking clients for the week of October 27. An intuitive consulting session with me can help you . . . Make the best decisions. Clarify your next steps. Move ahead with confidence. Understand the mindset of partners, clients and others. Align your life with your values. Understand your purpose. Download my brochure here: Intuitive Consultations Brochure To schedule a session, call me at 800-925-4002 From outside the United States call 00-1-617-964-0075. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* 4. “Dear God: Send Money” – Sign up for my course! ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Many of you have written to me asking for techniques and ideas about attracting more prosperity (MONEY!) into your life. I decided to write a thirty-week e-course on the topic. I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that some people seem to create abundance and success in their lives and others seem to experience only failure and poverty. Is it fate? Are there a lucky few who are destined to have money, fame and fortune? I wrote this course because I believe each of us has been given all the resources we need to accomplish the mission we came here to fulfill. We learn to create abundance in our lives and in our world through the power of our thoughts and the connection of our Spirit. Many of us have not only forgotten our life purpose, we have also forgotten how to use the tools that forge the path to prosperity, success, love and health. In the “Dear God: Send Money” thirty-week course you’ll find tools, exercises, inspirational quotes and techniques to help you create financial as well as spiritual abundance. To find out more click here. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~ 5. Upcoming Events ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* My last event of 2008 is speaking to the Women's Leadership Exchange on Tuesday, October 21. The event will be held at the Ikea Store in Stoughton, MA. Details are at Women's Leadership Exchange I'll be leading two 1-hour seminars on the topic of "Trust Your Gut and Grow Your Business." I'll also be doing some "Speed Coaching." If you're in the Boston area, I hope you'll come and spend the day at the conference! ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~ 6. The Worry Cure ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Let's be honest and admit that worrying seems to be human nature. We all do it to one degree or another. Unfortunately, it tends to make us miserable. But what is worry exactly? Does it serve a purpose? I think of worrying as making up stories in our mind. They're usually self-talk narratives filled with dire pictures of what we fear will become of our situation or us. Author Corrie ten Boom writes, "Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow - it empties today of strength." When you worry, you create an energy vibration of fear that is not conducive to attracting the life you want and deserve. Here are five "cures" to help you break the worry habit. Switch the Channel on Worry Worry is like any bad habit. It can be addictive. One small fear leads to another and another. Before you know it, you’ve imagined your life falling apart, not only now, but ad infinitum into your future. One of the ways to begin breaking any habit is to simply recognize you're doing it! "Oops! There I caught myself imagining not being able to pay my grocery bill again." But simply the recognition that you're worrying isn’t usually enough to change it. What can you do to switch the channel? Ask yourself the question, "What do I want?" For example, if your worry du jour is imagining yourself broke and penniless, turn it around. What you probably want is to feel safe. You might also want to imagine having enough or more than enough money. Your task at this point is not to figure out how this will happen, it's simply to begin choosing something you want versus something you don't. Sometimes you don't know what you want. Or, the thought of imagining something so dramatically different stops you in your tracks. If this is the case, switching the channel on worry may be to simply say, "I want to feel at peace." "I'm choosing not to worry right now." Or, "I'm open to something easier." If you’ve got a bad worry habit going on, you may need to be patient as you retrain your brain. Also, all of this is much easier at 3 in the afternoon than at 3 in the morning when you're lying awake with not a lot to distract you! The great positive thinker, Dale Carnegie, once said, "If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying." It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. Keep Your Focus on Gratitude You've gone through a loss. You’re probably overwhelmed with shock, pain and grief. It's hard to imagine life can turn around again. However, you must find a way to keep joy alive even during this difficult time. What are you grateful for? Do you have a friend you can count on? Give her a call. Do you have happy memories you can recall? Create a scrapbook. Is there a piece of music that makes you happy? Keep it with you on your iPod. Find those small, soul-sustaining slices of pleasure, and plan to experience them throughout your day. Pray for Peace and Guidance Prayer works. It's one of the things that survey respondents mentioned most often. If you don't know what to pray for, simply ask the Divine to bring you peace, to help you to feel calm. "God, I welcome your love. I invite your peace. Fill my heart and soul with your wisdom. Show me my next steps. Give me courage and hope. Sustain me with your message." You may wish for a direct, clear message from God. Sometimes that happens. More often, you'll feel a sense of peace that wasn't there before, or you'll be drawn to a passage in a book that provides comfort. Pay attention to that "still, quiet inner voice." It's one of the ways that the Divine imparts His wisdom. Distract Yourself If you find yourself at the bottom of a huge worry pit and you can't dig out, distract yourself for a while. Put on some music and dance. I love the "Three Little Birds" song by Reggae musician Bob Marley. The main line is "Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be all right." Get your favorite feel-good music lined up and ready for those occasions when you feel particularly down. Sitting alone and thinking about your problems only serves to intensify them and make you more miserable. If all of this, uplifting advice isn't making you feel better, get out and do something for someone else. Check out a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, a daycare that could use some volunteers, anything that temporarily gets you out of your house and circumstances. Sometimes all you need is to feel less alone and to join the human race again. Intuition Interlude Next time you catch yourself fraught with anxiety and upset about the subject of your worry, check in with your intuition. Get in the habit of asking questions of your intuition and expecting a reply. You might ask, "What could I do to feel calmer about this issue?" In response, you get an image of a quiet lunch in the park by your office. That's one of the ways your intuition responds -- through images. Your intuition is connected to a higher wisdom that knows what you need. It will always lead you to peace, forgiveness and gratitude. Lastly, if all else fails, remember what humorist Mark Twain said: "Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it." ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* 7. Some of my Favorite Things ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* I have newsletter readers from all over the world. Here in the U.S. we're in a particularly acrimonious presidential campaign. I thought this essay contained great spiritual and political advice. Take 5 Moment has uplifting articles, blogs, and podcasts on a wide variety of subjects. It only takes five minutes to read, hear or listen to them. This is the site to go to whenever you need a momentary spiritual or inspirational hit. iPopIn -- What a fabulous idea! Wish I’d thought of it! On this site you'll find short audio affirmations on a wide variety of topics. Choose from self-confidence, prosperity, body image, inner wisdom and many more. The best part is you can download them to your MP3 player or computer and listen whenever you need a boost. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Subscription Information ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* To unsubscribe, click here. Be sure to check the unsubscribe button.